Exodus 26:20

20 And for the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, [there will be] twenty frames

Exodus 26:20 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 26:20

And for the second side of the tabernacle the north side
The direction of the tabernacle was east and west; at the east end was the entrance into the holy place, and at the west end the holy of holies; and the two sides were north and south; and as on the south side, so on the north

[there shall be] twenty boards:
just the same number as the laws of building required.

Exodus 26:20 In-Context

18 And you will make the frames for the tabernacle [with] twenty frames for the {south} side.

19 And you will make forty silver bases under the twenty frames, [with] two bases under the one frame for its two {pegs} and two bases under the {next} frame for its two {pegs}.

20 And for the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, [there will be] twenty frames

21 and their forty silver bases, [with] two bases under the one frame and two bases under the {next} frame.

22 "And for the rear of the tabernacle {on the west} you will make six frames.

Footnotes

• [a] Or "boards" or "planks"